Pointless idea for channeling water? - 03/19/15 02:17 AM
I need to buy a new hay cover and I was thinking about putting it right next to the pond and attaching some gutter to the roof which channels the runoff into the pond.
There would be 100 sq. ft. of roof and according to the below calculation I came across, for every inch of rain, that would direct 60 gallons of water into the pond: (not much I know)
1" of rain = 0.6 gallons of water from every sq ft.
My pond does a great job of collecting water. It went from being 3/4 full to full with one rain. It's busting at the seams right now with all of this rain we've been getting...and another 3 days of it is in the forecast.
My concern is our Texas summers. The pond obviously loses water, although I don't know how much since I haven't owned it through a summer yet. (I've seen some pictures where it looks pretty darn low.) The goal here is to not lose all of the fish I am currently stocking.
As I mentioned before, the pond collects a huge amount of runoff, but during the summer months, even when it rains, I'm assuming a significant portion of it gets absorbed by the extremely dry ground before it makes it to the pond.
So do you think it's worth the trouble to do the whole gutter setup, or is that many gallons (60-180) at a time just pointless?
The other option is to pump water in from the creek that borders the back of my property, but I'm pretty sure the creek stays dry throughout the summer (unless there's a big rain), so that probably isn't an option. Plus, I'm guessing that might even be illegal.
There would be 100 sq. ft. of roof and according to the below calculation I came across, for every inch of rain, that would direct 60 gallons of water into the pond: (not much I know)
1" of rain = 0.6 gallons of water from every sq ft.
My pond does a great job of collecting water. It went from being 3/4 full to full with one rain. It's busting at the seams right now with all of this rain we've been getting...and another 3 days of it is in the forecast.
My concern is our Texas summers. The pond obviously loses water, although I don't know how much since I haven't owned it through a summer yet. (I've seen some pictures where it looks pretty darn low.) The goal here is to not lose all of the fish I am currently stocking.
As I mentioned before, the pond collects a huge amount of runoff, but during the summer months, even when it rains, I'm assuming a significant portion of it gets absorbed by the extremely dry ground before it makes it to the pond.
So do you think it's worth the trouble to do the whole gutter setup, or is that many gallons (60-180) at a time just pointless?
The other option is to pump water in from the creek that borders the back of my property, but I'm pretty sure the creek stays dry throughout the summer (unless there's a big rain), so that probably isn't an option. Plus, I'm guessing that might even be illegal.